Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders

The recent publication of the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has had a profound impact on the classification of
eating disorders, introducing changes that were formalized after years of study
by the Eating Disorders Work Group. The Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of
Eating Disorders is the only book that provides clinicians with everything they
need to know to implement these changes in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
After an overview of feeding and eating disorders that systematically reviews
the changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5, some of the foremost scholars in each area
address eating disorders in adults, children and adolescents, and special
populations. Chapters on assessment and treatment, along with accompanying
videos, offer comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage that will benefit
clinicians in practice, such as psychiatrists and psychotherapists, as well as
mental health trainees.

Clinicians will find the following features and
content especially useful: Five full chapters on assessment tools cover the
evolution of measures and instruments, from the primitive beginnings to the
cutting edge of new technological applications. The challenges of diagnosing
feeding and eating disorders in children and adolescents are also addressed.
Treatment chapters cover restrictive eating, including anorexia nervosa and
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, binge eating, including bulimia
nervosa and binge-eating disorder, and other eating problems, including pica,
rumination disorder, and night eating syndrome. One chapter focuses on eating
problems among men and boys, who have diverse presentations, and the motivations
and body image disturbances that may differ from those typically found among
females. Because attunement to culturally and socially patterned
characteristics of clinical presentation is essential to an informed and
accurate mental health assessment, an entire chapter is devoted to clinical
effectiveness in multicultural and cross-cultural settings. Each chapter ends
with key clinical points to help readers focus on the most salient content, test
comprehension, and review for examinations.

Clinicians in both training
and practice will find the book's up-to-date, DSM-5-compatible content to be
utterly essential. The Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders
belongs in the library of every mental health professional practicing today.